Nairobi Travel Guide

Visit Nairobi, Kenya and take in this relatively young city’s vibrant life and verdant surroundings. Enjoy views of the Nairobi River, scale nearby mountains, catch glimpses of lions, rhinos and antelopes in one of Nairobi’s many national parks and spend a day out of the sun in one of this African metropolis’ plentiful museums. Let our Nairobi travel guide help you plan your trip from start to finish. Travel to Nairobi for an exciting adventure you won’t soon forget.

Things Not to Miss in Nairobi

• Explore Nairobi National Park and come face-to-face with Africa’s unique wildlife
• Drive a short distance to the neighboring city of Thika and admire the beauty of Fourteen Falls
• Go white water rafting on the Tana River
• Enjoy an afternoon picnic in the Jeevanjee Gardens, Nairobi’s publicly-owned city park
• Learn more about the famed book-turned-movie, Out of Africa, and its author at the Karen Blixen Museum
• Plan a weekend trip to the nearby Mount Kenya or head up north to face Kilimanjaro
• Grab a pair of skates and twirl on the ice at the Solar Ice Rink, Africa’s largest ice rink
• See all the work being done to save Africa’s elephant population at the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage

When to Go to Nairobi

Nairobi sees temperate, comfortable weather year round with cool nights and warm days where temperatures very rarely exceed 85 degrees. Visitors will find that temperatures are generally at their highest (and animals at their least active) from December to March, so if you want to take in the yearly migrations of the local wildlife travel between July to October. More generally, it’s best to plan your Nairobi travel early in the year (January-March) or in late summer/early fall (July-October), avoiding the particularly wet months of April and May.